Saturday, February 25, 2012
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Lancaster Fair 2011
Labor Day weekend every year we head to the Lancaster (NH) Fair with our friends the Fleming Family. My friend Nancy Fleming's family own the Tullando Farm in our town and it's such a treat to go see their booth at this fair. Also, watching the little Tullar girls show their cattle is so much fun!! We enjoy this fair.. it's our favorite!! This year the girls did the rides and the boys ATE. We all enjoyed the many agricultural exhibits and each other's company. :)
silly girls!
A horse show
A Percheron ready to go! He knows he's gorgeous. :)
Nate Tullar going through the course with his oxen
One of the Tullar girls (left) and a friend at the cow costume contest!
Sarah and Shannon with pose with the Tullando Farm Oxen
Monday, May 23, 2011
catching up!
Finally!! An update!! Sorry if the words are a little messed up.. for some reason the blogger won't let me view the blog for very long. (also, spell check is not working, what a mess!!)
Sarah had her first riding lesson of the year today. I always love to look around the barn while there and looking at all of the things Mrs. Prince (instructor) has hung on the walls.. pictures (photos, old and new and pictures the kids have drawn) etc. Here is one that I wanted to take a picture of and it's full of good reminders for horse owners.(and to learn by like myself!) I admit to breaking rules, (for example #5, the paddock part.., and #10) but as a first time horse owner, I do try my best with what I know (poor Kit!!!) and we're learning as we go!! This is what it says as it's hard to read:
How to abuse your horse
1. Spend no time with him unless you are riding.
2. Don't try to understand his likes/dislikes
3. Don't always provide clean water to drink
4. Leave him shut in a stall all day (in winter when it's icy or too cold I am guilty!)
5. Don't clean his stall or paddock daily or give him soft bedding to lie in.
6. don't make sure he's always got salt
7. make sure he has companions
8. as soon as he misbehaves, get a whip or stronger bit.
9. leave a saddle mark on him after you ride so everyone will know he is not worth your time.
10. let him get too fat.
11. gallop and jump him when he is not fit.
12. never worm him, float his teeth or make sure he gets all of his spring shots.
13. don't bother to have the best farrier you can find trim (and study) his hooves on a regular schedule
14. don't care how his tack fits.
15. don't worry if your hay or grain looks or smells moldy
16. don't think of him as your best, bravest and most forgiving friend
17. don't love him, always, with all of your heart.
List created by Toni Prince for Prince and the Pauper in the 1970's
I love this and should copy and hang it up!! :)
sneaking around to take pictures.. :) 
My dog Sally and I went for a walk while Sarah was at her riding lesson. This is a covered bridge we cross to get to the stable. Pretty scenery! (if only the sun would come out!!!)
back to the barn! 
oh my... I uploaded the pictures backwards.. here they are taking off for the 1 mi! our family and a lot of friends took part in "the raptor run" this past weekend. (a fundraiser for our community school organization. Sarah and pals did the one mile fun run and the rest of us (Sarah included!) did a 5 mi run/walk around Lake Morey In Fairlee, VT. It was a great day!
A few of us mom's pose with the girls
Sarah and pals pose before the one mile fun run with our school mascot, the raptor!
Christian up to bat at one of his baseball games
Sarah showing her book genre project. She wrote it on "fantasy" at Expo (an annual get together for prek-12 at our school to show some of what kids did this year!)
Christian's bridge! 
Mother's Day at the Colatina Restaurant!
Sarah is riding the second horse "strider".. with the brown sweatshirt!
Sarah had her first riding lesson of the year today. I always love to look around the barn while there and looking at all of the things Mrs. Prince (instructor) has hung on the walls.. pictures (photos, old and new and pictures the kids have drawn) etc. Here is one that I wanted to take a picture of and it's full of good reminders for horse owners.(and to learn by like myself!) I admit to breaking rules, (for example #5, the paddock part.., and #10) but as a first time horse owner, I do try my best with what I know (poor Kit!!!) and we're learning as we go!! This is what it says as it's hard to read:
How to abuse your horse
1. Spend no time with him unless you are riding.
2. Don't try to understand his likes/dislikes
3. Don't always provide clean water to drink
4. Leave him shut in a stall all day (in winter when it's icy or too cold I am guilty!)
5. Don't clean his stall or paddock daily or give him soft bedding to lie in.
6. don't make sure he's always got salt
7. make sure he has companions
8. as soon as he misbehaves, get a whip or stronger bit.
9. leave a saddle mark on him after you ride so everyone will know he is not worth your time.
10. let him get too fat.
11. gallop and jump him when he is not fit.
12. never worm him, float his teeth or make sure he gets all of his spring shots.
13. don't bother to have the best farrier you can find trim (and study) his hooves on a regular schedule
14. don't care how his tack fits.
15. don't worry if your hay or grain looks or smells moldy
16. don't think of him as your best, bravest and most forgiving friend
17. don't love him, always, with all of your heart.
List created by Toni Prince for Prince and the Pauper in the 1970's
I love this and should copy and hang it up!! :)
sneaking around to take pictures.. :) 
My dog Sally and I went for a walk while Sarah was at her riding lesson. This is a covered bridge we cross to get to the stable. Pretty scenery! (if only the sun would come out!!!)
back to the barn! 
oh my... I uploaded the pictures backwards.. here they are taking off for the 1 mi! our family and a lot of friends took part in "the raptor run" this past weekend. (a fundraiser for our community school organization. Sarah and pals did the one mile fun run and the rest of us (Sarah included!) did a 5 mi run/walk around Lake Morey In Fairlee, VT. It was a great day!
A few of us mom's pose with the girls
Sarah and pals pose before the one mile fun run with our school mascot, the raptor!
Christian up to bat at one of his baseball games
Sarah showing her book genre project. She wrote it on "fantasy" at Expo (an annual get together for prek-12 at our school to show some of what kids did this year!)
Christian's bridge! 
Mother's Day at the Colatina Restaurant!
Sarah is riding the second horse "strider".. with the brown sweatshirt!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Vacation!
We made it to Universal Orlando!! A surprise Christmas give from Dad. Even Mom didn't know about it!! VERY EXCITING!!! Thanks Eric for a wondeful trip. We really needed it!!!
Christian by the pool at our hotel. The weather was GORGEOUS.. WAAAAA!!! I wanna go back!!! If only just to dip in the pool and eat an orange..the fruit was the BEST!!
From the movie
Big T-Rex at Jurassic Park
I (the dry one) took the picture of them after they got off of a river rapids ride!!
After going on the "revenge of the mummy" ride!
english breakfast at the three broomsticks. Mostly very tasty (except for the blood sausage.. YUCK!!!) :)
the ceiling of the three broomsticks restaurant
Christian at Ollivander's wand shop
Sarah had her hair wrapped while we were in Florida
Saturday, February 5, 2011
our family got a real treat today.. we got to go on a dog sled ride in our town!! By the time we got a chance to do it, the snow started really coming down. (we had a snow storm warning going on..) It's something Sarah has ALWAYS talked about and wanted to do and the rest of us went too. (when will get another chance like this?!!) All of these dogs are from Alaska and two of them ran in the Iditarod in 2003. Very cool. Here are some pictures plus some more since I haven't been "blogging" lately!!
Christian helps to put a harness on one of the dogs. Getting ready!!!
Sarah's turn to put a harness on.
Sarah and I went first. The snow really started coming down!! (wish we had brought some ski goggles!!! ) I think we got the real experience here with this snow!!
There we go!!!
Dad and Christian's turn
The dogs are just waiting for the word to GO!!
Christian's basketball team played the hawks a couple of weeks back and one of Christian's friends (Jordan) plays for this team. it's funny how they had to guard each other!!
Sarah and Kit on their way to the barn!
Christian and Sally
peeking Sally
Sarah and her Lacey-Cat
Christian helps to put a harness on one of the dogs. Getting ready!!!
Sarah's turn to put a harness on.
Sarah and I went first. The snow really started coming down!! (wish we had brought some ski goggles!!! ) I think we got the real experience here with this snow!!
There we go!!!
Dad and Christian's turn
The dogs are just waiting for the word to GO!!
Christian's basketball team played the hawks a couple of weeks back and one of Christian's friends (Jordan) plays for this team. it's funny how they had to guard each other!!
Sarah and Kit on their way to the barn!
Christian and Sally
peeking Sally
Sarah and her Lacey-Cat
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